Saturday,  August 25, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 042 • 17 of 34 •  Other Editions

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Daugaard appoints 4 to SD Board of Tourism

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard has announced that he has appointed four new members to the South Dakota Board of Tourism.
• The new members are Ivan Sorbel of Kyle, Kristi Wagner of Whitewood, Mark Schilling of Mitchell, and Ted Hustead of Wall.
• Sorbel is the executive director of the Pine Ridge Area Chamber of Commerce. Wagner is owner of the Rushmore Center for Civic Leadership, while Schilling is the director of the Corn Palace and Hustead is president of Wall Drug.
• Daugaard said in a news release that he is pleaded the four have agreed to serve on the board.

• The governor reappointed Frank Smith of Gettysburg, James Entenman of Sioux Falls and Jim Schade of Volga to the Board of Tourism.
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Report says how to avoid sage grouse protections
BEN NEARY,Associated Press

• CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Conservation groups are welcoming a federal report spelling out how sage grouse should be managed in 11 Western states to avoid new federal protections.
• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's draft report issued Thursday advises states and federal land management agencies to act immediately to "stop the bleeding of continuing habitat and population losses."
• The report is certain to command attention in Western states where listing sage grouse as endangered could result in federal restrictions on energy development and other activities.
• Sage grouse are found in California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. They also inhabit Canada.
• Federal and state sage grouse experts, collectively called a conservation objectives team, wrote the report. A final version should be out this fall after other scientists review it.
• Brian Rutledge, with the Rocky Mountain region of the Audubon Society, said Friday the report underscores the importance of avoiding federal protections for the bird.

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